Happy Anniversary To Me! One year of blogging today...
Category Blogging
Coming out of Lotusphere last year, I decided that I needed to start a blog. Joe had started one, and I didn't want the runt to get ahead of me. So I signed up with Blogspot and started my blogging life with the following:
Welcome to my life... I don't find it terribly interesting, and I don't expect you will either... But everyone else has a blog, so I guess I need to have one too! ...
Little did I know that 1) I'd still be doing it a year later, and 2) how much it would change my life...
I knew a core group of people, but it was pretty limited. Once the blog got going, I started reading about other Notes/Domino professionals and commenting on their blogs. Eventually, I switched over to the BlogSphere template, and started getting comments of my own. New bloggers joined in, and they were added to the network. Google started indexing my entries, and I started getting emails from a number of people I had never met. My freelance writing, which had just gotten started with e-Pro, grew dramatically with more e-Pro articles and a series in Advisor. That series laid the groundwork for our session at Lotusphere this year. And now like a lot of bloggers, I get people introducing themselves with the statement "I read your blog!".
I've shared job struggles and triumphs. I've shared my battle with low-level depression and how medication made a world of difference. I've let you all know I read *far* too many books. I've met friends that have no faces (yet), and I've made friends all over the world (and chatted with them at all hours of the day). I now have a network (and hopefully am part of one) that I can go to for expert level help, and I know that I am tapping into the best minds out there. I am *so* much more a part of the larger Notes/Domino community than I was a year ago. Why? This blog...
I'd like to thank everyone for being part of my successes over the last year. You've helped me, pushed me, challenged me, and laughed at/with me. In the somewhat calmer moments of my harried existance, I am awed and overwhelmed that a short guy in Portland Oregon can be part of such an amazing group of people.
Coming out of Lotusphere last year, I decided that I needed to start a blog. Joe had started one, and I didn't want the runt to get ahead of me. So I signed up with Blogspot and started my blogging life with the following:
Welcome to my life... I don't find it terribly interesting, and I don't expect you will either... But everyone else has a blog, so I guess I need to have one too! ...
Little did I know that 1) I'd still be doing it a year later, and 2) how much it would change my life...
I knew a core group of people, but it was pretty limited. Once the blog got going, I started reading about other Notes/Domino professionals and commenting on their blogs. Eventually, I switched over to the BlogSphere template, and started getting comments of my own. New bloggers joined in, and they were added to the network. Google started indexing my entries, and I started getting emails from a number of people I had never met. My freelance writing, which had just gotten started with e-Pro, grew dramatically with more e-Pro articles and a series in Advisor. That series laid the groundwork for our session at Lotusphere this year. And now like a lot of bloggers, I get people introducing themselves with the statement "I read your blog!".
I've shared job struggles and triumphs. I've shared my battle with low-level depression and how medication made a world of difference. I've let you all know I read *far* too many books. I've met friends that have no faces (yet), and I've made friends all over the world (and chatted with them at all hours of the day). I now have a network (and hopefully am part of one) that I can go to for expert level help, and I know that I am tapping into the best minds out there. I am *so* much more a part of the larger Notes/Domino community than I was a year ago. Why? This blog...
I'd like to thank everyone for being part of my successes over the last year. You've helped me, pushed me, challenged me, and laughed at/with me. In the somewhat calmer moments of my harried existance, I am awed and overwhelmed that a short guy in Portland Oregon can be part of such an amazing group of people.
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Keep the posts (and the hockey reports) coming!
Posted by Frank At 11:05:18 On 05/02/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by jonvon At 10:31:15 On 05/02/2004 | - Website - |
keep on blogging - I count on you, because my News4Notes lives on people like you
Christoph
http://news4notes.com
Posted by Christoph Arras At 00:11:00 On 05/02/2004 | - Website - |
I'm always amazed by your zeal for digging out useful nuggets from any source and sharing them. Your words above do the rest of us far too much service.
Here's to another year, at least!
Jerry
Posted by Jerry Carter At 05:59:26 On 05/02/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by Ben Poole At 02:45:05 On 05/02/2004 | - Website - |
I just got started with my blog in late November and have been feeling it out for the direction I want it to take, but I already am experiencing many of the things you describe here. In our little Notes community, it really is nice to be able to connect in such a personal way with others who share the same experiences. Email and technical forums just don't do it. Blogs cross that barrier and make it a more personal experience. Here's to another year
Posted by Lance Spellman At 14:17:57 On 06/02/2004 | - Website - |
Posted by nirenjanraj At 04:10:32 On 31/07/2009 | - Website - |